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Best Of MetalMiner 2011 – Who Knew the Minors Would Be So Major?

by Taras Berezowsky on December 28, 2011

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Source: watoday.com.au Arguably, tantalum should have been included in our Best Of Conflict Minerals post, as it is one of the officially classified conflict minerals; and tin is a key non-ferrous metal that is not all that minor, especially as it also fits into the conflict minerals rubric. Nonetheless, we figured this tripartite of most-read [...]

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Best Of MetalMiner 2011 – Rare Earth Metals and Minerals

by Taras Berezowsky on December 27, 2011

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Source: rareearthgame.com Can’t get your hands on the rare earth metal you need? No worries! Blow off some steam by playing the game above! Seriously though, much has been made of the definitions of rare earth “metals” vs. “minerals,” to say nothing of the more substantive issues surrounding global supply and production of them. Molycorp [...]

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Best Of MetalMiner 2011 – Dr. Copper, I Presume

by Taras Berezowsky on December 27, 2011

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Source: biblicalgallery.com Copper — or Dr. Copper, as the PhD/MD/JD-wielding base metal insists on being known when introduced at cocktail parties — always keeps things interesting, even though we gain a small percentage of copper buyers as readers (prove us wrong, copper buyers! Read MetalMiner!) Anyways, copper-driven pieces are sure to generate a buzz, as [...]

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Best Of MetalMiner 2011 – Steel and Scrap

by Taras Berezowsky on December 26, 2011

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Source: The Daily Green Well, folks, the holidays are nigh. And that can only mean one thing. No, it doesn’t mean you should go hit the spiked nog just yet. It means you should keep checking in with our site for the next week and a half, because the Best Of MetalMiner series is back. [...]

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Best Of MetalMiner 2011 – That Light, Gray Lady: Aluminum

by Taras Berezowsky on December 26, 2011

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Source: courier-journal.com Here are our top aluminum stories of the year. Enjoy! 1. Aluminum Outlook 2011 How close were we to forecasting what actually happened to the aluminum market and prices in 2011? (Re-)Read and find out! 2. New Theory on World Trade Center Collapse Centers on Aluminum This one caught some flak for somehow [...]

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Best Of MetalMiner 2011 – Aerospacin’ Out

by Taras Berezowsky on December 22, 2011

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Source: planespotters.net It may indeed by a good holiday season for the likes of Boeing, as they sewed up contracts of considerable size with emerging markets, to begin supplying planes for the next couple decades. Of course, their tussles with Airbus always keep things interesting, and Chinese and Russian plane-makers are joining the game as [...]

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Best Of MetalMiner 2011 – Energy Sectors

by Taras Berezowsky on December 22, 2011

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Source: cartoonstock.com In 2011, the two energy industries that received perhaps the most attention in our coverage were oil and gas (due to the tremendous potential for further exploration and drilling for crude, shale oil and shale gas), and nuclear (due to the cloud of questions post-Fukushima). The readership of such pieces reflected that: 1. [...]

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Best Of MetalMiner 2011 – Conflict (Minerals) Resolution

by Taras Berezowsky on December 21, 2011

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Source: blog.laptopmag.com If you’re still picking up electronic gifts this week — whether it’s a Samsung laptop or a Nintendo Wii — take a moment to consider their contents: “conflict” minerals. Covered by the mainstream this week on NPR.org, the conflict minerals story as it relates to the Dodd-Frank law and traceability has been a [...]

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